The St. Johns herald., 1887-06-02
WHITE HOUSE EXPREsEE,z..
What IL Costs To Care Fer a.d Maintain
 Inc PrcsS>-<t's ECnIc.

What IL Costs To Care Fer asd aTa:niair
 fie Fres.S>-t's Ernc.
 Nearly every good houe>~Ife clears house" once or twice 2 yc ,>aHl the mansion of the natiom's Cb.ei-EE>>c iivf Cocs not cscaTe the annual Te uveir \pl which is characteristic CT American iiCiiN lile
 Cnlikc most private houses, however, the Waite House undcrgoes Is over hauling in the summer t.imc while is occEpaits are off on their annual out ng. The work furnishes employment Tor a small army Of servant for q scGTc Oi davs or more.
 Notwithstanding the fact that inc man. sic. is ke in good order at a.! ;iGICs, tce annual hOusecleaning ncvcr fails tp Gisc.Ose plenty Of work 10 be dUiIe and tweePcrs. scrubbers and dustec5 hold high caraiyal during the continuance Of taeif r.i-n.
 The upper IS well as the lower OCT ugdergoe5 the process of leiuvenatsO.. The mu7ty old books in inc library, many cs them dating tack to hc days [ Dolly Madison and Susan M IToe, arr all taken out and dustci. The two pianos in the house are t;:Hcd I'D, and when c Q doors are finally cpcnsd t0 he
  order an.l ready for an. ther years siege oI Ginn, rs and ec.ptions.
 As may ie well imagined, it costs q very pretty penny 10 keep tEc c-tabiish- nlelt in order. Tie Sl6 COG for keeping 1Ee house in order fov the next Acar, which b came available on July 19t, is lsct br any means ali that has been 5. ]. lit upon inc mansion nee President Citye- ldaa took Df session
 Nr. Arthur left large caeh balance uneTpendeI of the last api rOpriatiOn during Iii; term, according 10 a time hOnorel GU tom that the outgoing Pre- iIen sEali leave lump sum ;oc the in- coming Pres dent to make any changes he may desire.
 Nothing new has been bought in tho house si ce Mr. Arthur left it in sgch complete ard beautiful order IL Gn- Gouj,tedly, though, requires large sum to keep it ia condtiOr.
 The leaning of the huge crystal chan Ge.i Is s q considerable item of expense. The wh l, lower floor is lighted by thcsJ enormous crystals, ach one with thou sands Of pendants. here are no less tha1 three doZ of these chaadelirrs in 1he East + om, the Blue, Red, ali Greei rooms, the two dining rooms and the corridors, and Cnce q year each oI,e has to be taken to pieces and every part oarefully q ,aned and put back in is pll' 0.
 The care of the carpets and curtains also requires the spending of money. The handsome lace drapcries are tom at nearl every reception, and these lavc to be carefully repaired, to say nothing of the king down two or three times |. .l,,., .,l 2
 Some people wonder how the Tres i'lent can pay cut of his salary thc numcIou5 expenses attached to his office.
 There are separate appropriations. Besides his salary of S5O, ,UO0, hc c5ti- mate resented 10 Congress lh.s session aske for SC, 0G4 additional, 70 pay the saa ies ot his suhordinates and clerks.
 lis pr.vaic secretary is iaid 8 250, l a sis ant private secretary $2, 25e, lis s enog aphcr Sl,S00, five rs eEScr9 (e ca) Sl, ,2G1, a steward Sl 800, two door- ke.;er5 WhJ each get $1 2W;. four OtAcr clcr1s at good salaries, onr tpio-ra.fh op rator, two ushcrs, getti r @i ,2U0 and $l, t93; q ni.sht usher, getting Sl 2OU; q w"tchnan, who gets S3O0, aa; a. inan to take care of fires, who receives. sSc4 Q yer.
 In addition 10 this there is set down S6, 600 for incidental expenses, such as stationery, carpets, and tho care of tie Presidents stables.
 And urthes on, under another head ing th' re is demand for nearly $40, eco more. or this, SIP, 800 is for repairs and furnishing tho White House, s, 800 fer fuel. S3,0n0 fer tho greenhouse, and Sl5.G00 for gds and the care of iho stIllcs.
 The Whito House, all told, costs the countrf, n connect n wi inc Presi- dent, consld rably over S125, 001 Ncar, and nt lliilt rate t is cheaper, relatively to tho wo donc, than the service of Congress. s.-L Washington Letter.